During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in his assesment of the symptom: Blind spot. These may include a physical examination or other medical tests. Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information you can share with your doctor may help them with their diagnosis.
Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:
Why: to determine if acute or chronic.
Why: If transient suspect migraine, transient ischemic attacks and retrobulbar neuritis.
Why: e.g. central blind spot suggests macular disease or optic neuritis; glaucoma and retinitis pigmentosa can cause peripheral visual loss.
Why: suggests pituitary tumor, meningioma of dura, intra-cranial aneurysm, craniopharyngioma, occipital lobe and temporal lobe tumors.
Why: e.g. diabetes increases risk of cataracts and retinal detachment; multiple sclerosis and syphilis can cause optic neuritis.
Why: e.g. myopia (short-sightedness) people are at increase risk of retinal detachment and macula degeneration.
Why: some medications can cause blind spots e.g. quinine cases peripheral contraction of visual field.
Why: can cause central visual field loss due to toxic effect.
Why: can cause optic neuropathy.
Why: of Glaucoma, Retinitis pigmentosa, migraine.
Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse your condition. These may include:
Why: indicates retinal hemorrhage or choroiditis.
Why: suggests retinal detachment.
Why: suggests glaucoma, cataracts.
Why: suggests migraine.
Why: suggests retinitis pigmentosa.
Why: suggests optic (retrobulbar) neuritis.
Why: suggests macula degeneration.
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